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âNot in my domainâ: Commissioner powerless to help woman at centre of Sydney defects debacle
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A Sydney woman has been told there is nothing the NSW Building Commissioner can do to help recover her life savings after she bought into a 300-apartment tower that had alleged major defects, despite him reportedly saying an investigation is âlikelyâ to uphold her concerns.
It comes as the
Herald can reveal a sharp decline in fines being handed out to private certifiers for signing off on dodgy buildings in the last 10 months, since the board responsible for policing them was abolished.
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In September 2020, the NSW Government released the Practice
Standard for registered certifiers in an attempt to assist
registered certifiers to comply with the requirements under the
Building and Development Certifiers Act 2018 (NSW) (
BDC
Act) and the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act
1979(NSW) (
EP & A Act). The release of the
Practice Standard came out of the comprehensive reform of building
regulation in NSW being undertaken by the NSW Building
Commissioner, which had highlighted the need to provide certifiers
with a standard that gives insight into the approach needed to